Teachers and Boards of Education

Tokyo 2020 Education Programme“Yoi Don!” School Authorization

School authorization in the Tokyo 2020 Education Programme is a system where the Organising Committee authorizes educational entities of schools that engage in the Tokyo 2020 Education Programme as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Education School (known as the Yoi Don! School).

Future plans for initiatives at certified schools

The following types of initiatives will be offered at some of the schools that are authorized as the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Education School.

Athlete school visits

Athletes, including Olympians and Paralympians, visiting primary and junior high schools as part of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Flag and Paralympic Flag Tours which is combined with Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee-led educational events.

Number of authorized schools

Here is The number of authorized schools in each prefecture and ordinance-designated city. A total of 17,084 schools including public, private and national schools have been authorized and the Olympic and Paralympic education is broadening nationwide.(As of 1 December 2018; in the order of administration)
※ Updated monthly

Prefectures

15,007 schools from 47 prefectures have been authorized.

Prefectures

Number of schools

Hokkaido

483

Aomori

245

Iwate

255

Miyagi

242

Akita

189

Yamagata

181

Fukushima

418

Ibaraki

509

Tochigi

425

Gunma

272

Saitama

1193

Chiba

1074

Tokyo

2371

Kanagawa

702

Niigata

617

Toyama

204

Ishikawa

165

Fukui

149

Yamanashi

7

Nagano

332

Gifu

282

Shizuoka

314

Aichi

681

Mie

285

Shiga

172

Kyoto

57

Osaka

94

Hyogo

7

Nara

202

Wakayama

181

Tottori

51

Shimane

22

Okayama

263

Hiroshima

142

Yamaguchi

445

Tokushima

68

Kagawa

116

Ehime

242

Kochi

18

Fukuoka

337

Saga

119

Nagasaki

224

Kumamoto

176

Oita

162

Miyazaki

2

Kagoshima

234

Okinawa

78

total

15007

Ordinance-designated cities

Out of 20 Ordinance-designated cities,2,061 schools from 19 cities have been authorized.